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Older Americans Pushed Into Poverty as Feds Garnish Social Security for Student Debt.

It may be that the Clintons Continue To Blame Others For Their Loss, but I disagree the Democrats can recover, or that they’re worth anything at all, going forward.

The European Union’s highest court on Wednesday issued a landmark ruling against mass surveillance. We’ll see how the territory can be held.

Where could it lead? Deutschland, Deutschland über alles!

File Under: iSpyPhones.

The New York Times, one of the Lords of Fake News™, tells lies about the electoral college, to pursue the plutocratic narrative. (Update: turns out this site has more bullshit on it than a Texas cattle-ranch. This is what I get for just reading the article, and not checking the rest of the site.)

In another clear case of “What do you think racism looks like?” Teachers in Wealthy Districts Get Bulk of Indiana’s Performance Payouts.

J.D. Alt has A Strategic Thought.

Swiss researchers have taken inspiration from nature by designing a drone whose wings have artificial feathers.

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Your Weekend of Weekends.

UnkaWillbur - May 26, 2017

Here' some links to nosh on, to start of your weekend. I hope everyone's weekend is great; me, myself, I'm planning on jumping out of a perfectly…

Unkawillbur

Continuing @towerofbabel’s last thought:

No, Mr. Dorfman, This is Not Chile – by FRED BAUMGARTEN
- notisaidthepig
  
  How disappointing. So many have fallen this cycle thanks to $hillary.
- kreskin
  
  The Russian boogey man , we were raised to believe in him , it’s part of our upbringing . Uncle Sam takes care to make sure that it stays that way .
Unkawillbur

Your Song of the Day:

https://youtu.be/wrckNMfQj6c
- EdgarHF
  
  I listened to 45 seconds of it. I want those 45 seconds back!
- FaunaAndFlora
  
  Oh my. 😉
17

.. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6023e6a9404000d7895fd6e8d1efe52e68a44f5adf8f3c5f7ffc81ed1e8c7743.jpg
- Ann Watson
  
  Ah!
  The fragrant 17. ; )
  - 17
    
    Not sure how to take that. Good morning, Ann 😉
    - Ann Watson
      
      Evening, 17!
      The imagined aroma of your coffee heralds your appearance. ; )
      - 17
        
        I was wondering if perhaps it was my feet.
      - Ann Watson
        
        I’m sure your feet are just as sweet. ; )
        DISQUS is on the fritz again, I’m getting random and delayed responses.
      - oodaloop
        
        http://ifanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/weinburger-opus.jpg
        
        How I love to watch the morn
        With Golden sun that shines
        Up above to nicely warm
        These frosty toes of mine
        
        The
        wind doth taste of bittersweet
        Like jasper wine and sugar
        I bet it’s blown through others’ feet
        like those of…
        Caspar Weinberger
      - thud
        
        Weinburger!?! Aint he that guy that………
thud

“So the Three-Fifths Compromise was not to give the slave states more representation, but rather to reduce some of the impact of counting larger slave populations found in the South.” This statement proves that the NYT is spreading lies? Argle Bargle!
- EdgarHF
  
  An absolute lie. According to Akhil Reed Amar in America’s Constitution: A Biography all the arguments were about a compromise to bring in the Slave states by bringing in a ‘property’ clause to give said states more representation. The even sicker part chattel slavery was the only property counted. Why, only 3/5ths? It was to give more representation while at the same time reducing any tax burden for said ‘property’ to 3/5ths.
  - thud
    
    That site is full of bunk. I just read an opinion there that academia is not serious about diversity and inclusiveness because more blacks than whites are on sports teams. Kinda agenda driven.
    - EdgarHF
      
      Which site are you referring to?
      - thud
        
        This one from above referring to the lords of fake news.http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/24884-n-y-times-repeats-falsehood-that-electoral-college-created-to-protect-slavery
      - EdgarHF
        
        Yeah, that article is total bullshit.
      - thud
        
        I’m not agin bashing the Times it’s just that ain’t a fitting tool for the job.
      - EdgarHF
        
        I agree, I was just about to add that I still think the NYT is a purveyor of bullshit. Bullshitters will use the truth when it aligns with their narrative and lie when it will not.
      - thud
        
        I’m still pissed at how they did the bidding of Karl Rove and company in 2004 to help Lil’George. They went considerably beyond pushing a narrative and had their thumbs on the scale bigly.
    - Unkawillbur
      
      Mea Culpa: I only read the article and didn’t look at the rest of the site, as I was in a hurry this morning. That site is totally untrustworthy, IMO.
      - thud
        
        I kinda figured something along those lines.I woke up foggy this morning and bristled when I read the crap on that site. Then I read on for the giggles. 🙂
EdgarHF

It’s official Paul Krugman is a total asshole.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/opinion/the-populism-perplex.html?_r=0
- notisaidthepig
  
  Yep. He is.
- kreskin
  
  Another one who’s mask has come off .
  - notisaidthepig
    
    They are Legion.
  - towerofbabel
    
    The masquerade ball is over.
    - 17
      
      Damn near.
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The Psychology of Authority

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO3R5JcbffM
- notisaidthepig
  
  Horrible.
- towerofbabel
  
  These are my random thoughts on this:
  
  Human Society is a lot like the Borg and it is hard to escape that reality. (This video.)
  The self is alway contextualized socially and therefore in large measure a social construct. (Think of “individualists” like Hippies, or Punks, or Hill-bots, etc.)
  Each of us only owns part of our brain if we own any part at all. (Society is an operating system that is downloaded into each of us through both nature and nurture.)
  We must work very hard to maintain a “moral self.” (Individual morality is defined by how we define our relationship to others–so it is an act of socialization. It is a kind of up-scaling to a larger “social being” from the individual. Our only way to change is to change the software.)
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Researcher Protests ‘Gag Order’ on Israeli Nukes

With billions in pending aid payments to Israel, the government and a researcher are at loggerheads about a gag order that keeps U.S. officials from releasing any information about Israel’s nuclear weapons program.

http://courthousenews.com/researcher-protests-gag-order-on-israeli-nukes/
- thud
  
  There needs to be a gag order on speaking about the gag order. Clearly just the one aint good enough.
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Here’s the drone I want for Xmas:

http://www.naturalnews.com/045495_assassination_drones_autonomous_killing_facial_recognition.html#
- thud
  
  My new line of anti-drone drones will be hitting the stores in march. Have your fun while it lasts.
- Unkawillbur
  
  I would want one with a belly-mounted EMP generator, for disabling other drones!
  - thud
    
    Mine will shoot spidey webs and aquire units for refurbishment and reprogramming. Everyones going to be free but they have to agree to be free.
    
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qsqLegE1zQ
    - thud
      
      Lord Trump speaks in the middle.
    - Unkawillbur
      
      Mine would fly in search patterns in known drone-areas, like near the local Amazon warehouses, at a height known to be frequented by drones, stop, turn on the EMP generator, do a 720° turn, shut off the EMP and move to the next destination.
      
      You just just turn that sucker loose and go.
      - thud
        
        Curses! Oh well. Back to my secret underground laboratory.
    - Unkawillbur
      
      https://youtu.be/9s5zcXccNMY
      - thud
        
        Well that’s choice! Is new?
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I’m surprised I’m not seeing this at bigger sites:

The Auditor General of NATO was found dead

http://eurasiadiary.com/news/world/93424-the-auditor-general-of-nato-was-found-dead
- notisaidthepig
  
  Oh, it was a suicide. Right. /s
  - kreskin
    
    smells like an assassination to me .
    - notisaidthepig
      
      A lot of that going around it seems….
- Unkawillbur
  
  I’m surprised I’m not seeing this at bigger sites
  
  I was too, so I did a bit of google-snooping. I would think it’s because.
  
  1. Auditor-General of NATO in Belgium. Not such a senior official as headlines make it sound.
  2. He did it with a gun known to be his (but not legally licensed.)
  3. He left a note.
  4. Cops and Coroner agree, his family just doesn’t believe it.
  5. The controversy seems to being ginned up (in Belgium) solely on sites that have a, well, to be kind, “Weekly World News” feel to them. In the US, reddit seems to be the only site that cares, and that’s not a good sign.
  
  At least, that’s what I’d like to think the reason is, but really the likely reason is: Bigger sites, especially American-oriented ones, aren’t there to publish news, but to narrate the story that we are supposed to believe is how D.C. really operates. 🙁
  - 17
    
    Thanks for looking into it. I didn’t bother other than a quick startpage search. I figured if there were anything big about it, it’d show up, and THEN we’d get to play the real/fake game.
    - Unkawillbur
      
      Well, it’s definitely real that an official of Belgium’s NATO contingent is dead!
  - kreskin
    
    His family isn’t buying it … that it was suicide.
  - kreskin
    
    “The likely reason ” . I agree.
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Danger from Trump’s Distrust of CIA

President-elect Trump’s distrust of the U.S. intelligence community – made worse by unproven CIA claims that Russia secretly tried to aid his election – could limit the value of daily intel briefings, says ex-CIA
analyst Paul R. Pillar.

https://consortiumnews.com/2016/12/22/danger-from-trumps-distrust-of-cia/
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Trump wants veto for ‘extremely unfair’ UN resolution on Israel

https://www.rt.com/usa/371276-trump-veto-resolution-israel/
thud

Hotel surveillance systems from Tink Labs? That would be a cool logo for them if bad old Disney would turn loose of the logo rights for Tinkerbell. Fertile ground for dysfunctional humor.https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/28/tink-labs-handy-125-millon/
Edwin

If you haven’t seen this video you should watch it. I watched the movie
“Snowden” last night and he mentioned Binney and it reminded me of this
video which is very very good..

A 36-year veteran of America’s Intelligence Community, William Binney
resigned from his position as Director for Global Communications
Intelligence (COMINT) at the National Security Agency (NSA) and blew the
whistle, after discovering that his efforts to protect the privacy and
security of Americans were being undermined by those above him in the
chain of command.

The NSA data-monitoring program which Binney and his team had developed
— codenamed ThinThread — was being aimed not at foreign targets as
intended, but at Americans (codenamed as Stellar Wind); destroying
privacy here and around the world. Binney voices his call to action for
the billions of individuals whose rights are currently being violated.

William
Binney speaks out in this feature-length interview with Tragedy and
Hope’s Richard Grove, focused on the topic of the ever-growing
Surveillance State in America.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3owk7vEEOvs
- Edwin
  
  Just finished watching this for the second time. If you really want to know about the spy state this is the video to watch. It’s not boring at all (even though long.)
Edwin

How Those Damned Hallmark Christmas Movies Helped Hillary Lose
A certain annoyance began to creep in, and
I wasn’t enjoying them as much anymore. I began to see a connection
between these movies, and Trump’s victory.
By Susie Madrak

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/12/how-those-damned-hallmark-christmas-movies

I don’t care how anti-C&L you are you must click this link. It’ll be the best laugh you’ve had in 2016.

Man are the Hillbullies ever melting down big time. This is incredible!
- kreskin
  
  kreskin • a few seconds ago
  Seek help , Madrak , seriously
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- kreskin
  
  Liberal AND Proud • 4 hours ago
  It’s all a conspiracy I tells ya! A CONSPIRACY!!!
  
  kreskin Liberal AND Proud • 2 minutes ago
  LOL
- Unkawillbur
  
  That was both pitiful and pitiable.
  - Edwin
    
    I plan to share the fuck out of it at a bunch of sites so people can see how frickin’ crazy they are.
    
    –>> I’m so bummed (super sad) about Hillary losing I’ve taken to watching Hallmark Christmas movies to sooth myself and instead they have enraged me to violence. Yup, that’s some award-winning journalism, Madrak. A real feminist hero.
kreskin

Google avoided billions in taxes by funneling money offshore. https://www.rt.com/business/371242-google-tax-avoidance-bermuda/
- oodaloop
  
  Typical
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Unkawillbur

Merry Threadmas!!
- Edwin
  
  Good morning
  
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